Mot Du Jour – Chauffe

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:35:59 +0000

Chauffe

Definition: warm up / heat up

lle chauffe la sauce avant d’ajouter – She warms up the sauce before adding Le moteur chauffe rapidement – The engine is heating up quickly Aie aie aie! Ca chauffe la! – Ouch! Things are getting a little heated around here!

Mot du Jour – Grue

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:57:38 +0000

Une Grue

Definition: crane (machinery and bird)

Ils vont louer une grue pour cette émission – They are going to rent a crane for this program

J’ai vu une grue sur le fleuve – I saw a crane on the river

(familiar, derogatory) hooker, tart, slut

Informal expression: faire le pied de grue – [...]

Six great ways to improve your French

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:45:33 +0000

At VoulezVouloz we recommend having one hour of French Tuition each week and backing that up with at least 30mins of study each day. This can be a challenge for many people, with so much going on in their busy lives, so here are some tips on how to get your French fix faster:

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Catherine Tate – French Exam

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:42:15 +0000

Lauren learns French

French for kids

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:07:44 +0000

French lessons for Children, Sydney

VoulezVouloz is pleased to announce that it is now offering French lessons to children aged 5 – 16 in Sydney.

If you’d love your child to have a second language choose VoulezVouloz to teach your children French in your own home. You can take a back seat [...]

TIVI5MONDE PLUS

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:45:21 +0000

Aimed at French-speaking children aged 3-12, TIVI5MONDE PLUS is the first entirely free, fun and educational Online TV station.

This innovative service allows French-speaking families, and also anyone with a love of French who wants to introduce their children to the French language, to access quality children’s broadcasting in a safe environment [...]

Speak French like the French!

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:41:54 +0000

A few useful French phrases:

Par hasard… By chance Par contre … On the other hand en colère … angry Je reve … I must be dreaming il me semble que … It seems to me Il faut que … It is necessary en verité … truthfully, in truth exprès … On purpose (e.g.tu [...]

Beginners French lesson

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:39:24 +0000

RFI – Radio France Internationale

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:47:13 +0000

Radio France Internationale is a major international radio broadcaster with 46 million listeners.

It broadcasts 33.5 hours of programmes each week and is funded partly by the French government and partly by audiovisual licence fees.

Every day they bring their listeners a story that’s making the news in France (Focus on France) [...]

J’ai sommeil!

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:59:35 +0000

Our head tutor, Hichem, has recently become a proud father any day now. Here are some phrases he might find useful in the coming weeks: Je suis fatigué(e) = I’m tired Je suis crevé(e) = I’m beat, wiped out Je suis à bout de force = I’m beat, out of steam J’ai sommeil = [...]

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